New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.

以色列人选择新神，争战的事就临到城门。那时，以色列四万人中岂能见盾牌枪矛呢？

以色列人选择新的诸神，战争就临到城门。以色列四万人中，看得见盾牌枪矛吗？

以色列人选择新的诸神，战争就临到城门。以色列四万人中，看得见盾牌枪矛吗？

以色列人选择新的神明，便战祸临门，四万以色列人中找不到一矛一盾。

以色列人选择了新的神，战争就临近城门；那时四万以色列人中，竟不见有一面盾牌、一枝长矛。

以色列人選擇新神，爭戰的事就臨到城門。那時，以色列四萬人中豈能見盾牌槍矛呢？

以色列人選擇新的諸神，戰爭就臨到城門。以色列四萬人中，看得見盾牌槍矛嗎？

以色列人選擇新的諸神，戰爭就臨到城門。以色列四萬人中，看得見盾牌槍矛嗎？

以色列人選擇新的神明，便戰禍臨門，四萬以色列人中找不到一矛一盾。

以色列人選擇了新的神，戰爭就臨近城門；那時四萬以色列人中，竟不見有一面盾牌、一枝長矛。

以色列選擇了新士師，戰爭就迫到城門口；在以色列四萬人中、竟不見有一面盾牌、一桿槍矛？

民簡新神、戰及邑門、以色列族四萬人中、干戈無存、

在昔斯民、特簡素所未識之上帝、於是戰鬥及於門內、當此之時以色列族四萬人中、欲求一干戈而不得。

斯民選擇新神、戰遂及於邑門、以色列四萬人中、不見干與戈、

God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

War came to the city gates. Then God chose new leaders. But no shields or spears were seen anywhere. There weren’t any among 40,000 men in Israel.

When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!

Israel chose new gods, then there was war in the city gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates; Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?

Israel chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among 40,000 in Israel.

They chose new gods; then[ was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

and they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed other gods from the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them; so they provoked the Lord to anger.

They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.They sacrificed to demons, who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not know.

Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they committed infidelity with other gods and bowed down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do the same as their fathers.

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said,“ Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.The charge was two thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the cattle goads.So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.

The sons of Israel cried out to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.